As traders of the popular Kaduna textile market, Kasuwan Barci endorsed his second term bid, Kaduna State Governor Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai on Friday said, there were over a million Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) yet to be collected in the state. He, however, urged the traders to help in sensitizing their members and the general public […]
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Alhaji Modu Bunu, Commandant, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, ( NSCDC), Kaduna State Command has assured residents of the state of the command,s readiness to collaborate with sister agencies to ensure hitch-free New Year celebrations. Bunu gave the asdurance in a statement signed by the command’s Public Relations Officer, Mr Orndiir Terzungwe on Monday, […]
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Air Peace on Monday resumed its Kaduna flight services. The airline also pledged to maintain its standard on safety and comfort of its passengers. The airline explained that it suspended its Lagos-Kaduna-Lagos flights on October 21, 2018, in order to safeguard lives of its customers and staff due to the crisis that engulfed the state. […]
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The Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company, one of the country’s crude oil refineries being managed by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, has remained dormant. According to the corporation, the refinery’s capacity utilisation has remained at zero for months, as the KRPC is not refining crude oil despite receiving the commodity. In its latest monthly oil […]
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Nigerian carrier, Air Peace has temporarily suspended flight operations on its Kaduna route due to the 24-hour curfew imposed on Kaduna metropolis and its environs following reports of violent clashes. Mr Chris Iwarah, Air Peace Communications Manager, confirmed the development to newsmen on Monday in Lagos. Iwarah said the airline took the decision after the […]
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The governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir Elrufai has again imposed 24 hours curfew in the state. “This is a notice of a 24-hour curfew imposed on Kaduna town and environs, with immediate effect’ the governor said on his Twitter handle today He advised residents to comply with this directive, saying “the decision has been […]
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By Garba Muhammad KADUNA, Nigeria, Oct 21 (Reuters) – Communal violence in the northern Nigerian state of Kaduna over the last few days has killed 55 people, the local police commissioner said on Sunday. Ahmad Abdur-Rahman, in a telephone interview, said the clashes between two communities in the Kasuwan Magani area of southern Kaduna had […]
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The Managing Director/Chief Executive, Bank of Industry (BoI), Mr. Olukayode Pitan yesterday disclosed that the sum of ₦2.8 billion had been disbursed to entrepreneurs in Kaduna State. He said over 280 small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) and 20,550 MSMEs benefited from the intervention in the state. Speaking at the 20th edition of National Micro, […]
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The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has so far registered 1.7 million people in Kaduna State, the commission’s coordinator in the state, Abubakar Hassan, has said. Hassan who made this known in an interview with newsmen on Friday in Kaduna said the figure was however far below the eight million residents eligible for registration. According […]
Read More A domestic airline, Air Peace, has said it is considering opening mini-hubs for its operations in Kaduna, Kano and a few other cities to help decongest the Lagos airport. The airline’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Air Peace, Mr Allen Onyema, who stated this during an inaugural flight to Kaduna on Monday, said the […]
Read More Nigeria’s leading carrier, Air Peace has announced plans to commence daily flights from Lagos to Kaduna from August 13 as part of its no-city-left-behind project. The airline had earlier announced commencement of its four weekly flights from Lagos, Abuja and Accra to Monrovia with effect from August 6. A statement issued by the airline’s Corporate […]
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The Federal Government says it will commence disbursement of the recovered 322 million dollars Abacha loot through Conditional Cash Transfers (CCT) to 302,000 poor households in 19 states in July. Mr Tukur Rumar, of the National Cash Transfer Office (NTCO), said this at a roundtable on assets recovery organised by the Swiss Embassy on Thursday, […]
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